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What is an intrapreneur and how can it help your firm?
Truthfully, when it comes to your firm, anyone can be an intrapreneur. It’s up to the leaders of the firm to foster and encourage the team to explore and support new ideas and ventures.
We talk about what intrapreneurship can do for your firm in this episode with Art Bell.
Art is a writer and former media executive known for creating, building, and managing successful cable television channels. His memoir, published by Ulysses Press, Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor was recently honored as a finalist in the 2020 Best Book Awards for memoir.
While working at HBO, Art pitched the idea of a 24-hour comedy network and helped develop and launch HBO’s The Comedy Channel, which became Comedy Central. He went on to hold senior executive positions in both programming and marketing. After leaving Comedy Central, Art became President of Court TV, where he was a guiding force behind one of the most successful brand evolutions in cable television. In addition to writing, Art plays piano and drums, and co-hosts “The Constant Comedy Podcast with Art Bell and Vinnie Favale.”
Art gives listeners actionable tips on:
- What an intrapreneur is
- How being an intrapreneur allowed Art to start up the very first comedy network, which we now know as Comedy Central
- The impacts of going through a merger
- Why it’s important for lawyers at any firm to operate as intrapreneurs
- The two things that go into research
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow
- Germs, Guns and Steel by Jared Diamond
- Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell
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